Food Quotes

“Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we've designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food.”

-- Michael Pollan

“You have to find a balance with food in your life - you can't take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying.”

-- Carre Otis

“If I'm making a movie and get hungry, I call time-out and eat some crackers.”

-- Carol Alt

“And if you look at the reality in the United States, where you have more than 40 million people below the poverty line and 42 million on food stamps, and then you look at poverty around the world, clearly the way we're running the engine of capitalism is not serving us well.”

-- Simon Mainwaring

“I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.”

-- Alex Kapranos

“I don't categorize food as bad or a guilty pleasure.”

-- Rachael Ray

“Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.”

-- William Hazlitt

“There is great food in Vegas.”

-- Eric Ripert

“While weight loss is important, what's more important is the quality of food you put in your body - food is information that quickly changes your metabolism and genes.”

-- Mark Hyman

“The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill.”

-- Bryan Miller